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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
models shifting
Our system is dynamic, always shifting gears. What I do is I build models to beat the market. Louis Navellier
model notion
We have no preset notion of how the model will look.
model
We want to make this a model for other communities in the future.
models modeling session
I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions. Alexandra Kosteniuk
models taller
I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen. Thierry Mugler
model
My dream is to make Katihar a model district. I have no personal ambition.
model
I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.' Tao Okamoto
model regime
The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.
model people shows work
Shows don't reunite because television doesn't work that way. There's no profit model and people go off to do other work. Mitchell Hurwitz
restoration might revolution
Charles Fox said that restorations were the most bloody of all revolutions; and he might have added that reformations are the best mode of preventing the necessity of either.
restoration scar sin
When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God. Charles Stanley
rest steve team tired win
We still want to win and see which team we've got to play (in the post-season). We got a little tired because we didn't play with Steve and Raja, and they usually play a lot. Sometimes we get to rest up because Steve is doing all the work. Boris Diaw
rest
We're in inning 2 of the new ballgame. So get in and let it go the rest of the innings.
rest
We're not going to say we're not going to see him for the rest of the year, ... We're going to take it day-by-day.
rest-of-your-life willing ifs
Make sure you're doing something that you love, that you're willing to do for the rest of your life. If you're doing it for money, that's the only thing you won't make. Daymond John
rest-in-peace children reading
I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read. Audre Lorde
rest-in-peace doors passing
Death is only passing through God's other door. Edgar Cayce
rest-in-peace transition died
Let's learn to live! Then there is no death, save the transition, when desired. Many live who have never died as yet.